PSYC 403 Reading Group Notes p.200-221
The Psychology of Unconsciousness: Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalysis
Representatives of psychologys early schools were aware of unconscious
processes but dismissed them as unimportant
Methodological behaviorists postula

Midterm 2 notes pages 169 174 (Group notes for part 10, Midterm 2)
Psychophysics
Definition of psychophysics: the study of the relationships between the properties of stimuli as
measured by a physical scale and the psychological or subjective impressions

PSYC 403 TB Notes
Pgs. 169-174, 283-300
Psychophysics
Refers to study of the relationships between the properties of stimuli as measured by a
physical scale and the psychological or subjective impression of those stimuli
Extreme positions regarding what

Chapter 11: Bio-Social Modes (pg. 248-259)
The Evolution of Personality Theory: Humanistic Psychology
Personality psychology was founded by the theories of Sigmund Freud.
In the early 1960s the humanistic psychology appeared as to supplement both of
psych

Psyc 403: pages 200-221
Titcheners psychology attempts to turn British philosophical psychology into a complete science
of the mind. Structuralism died with Titchener.
The Psychology of Unconsciousness: Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalysis
Clinical practice was t

PSYC 403: Pages 311-329
Modeling and Aggression
Bandura did research on the problem of violence in the media and its harmful effects on viewers.
Violence in the Mass Media and Imitative Behaviour
In todays media, we can see numerous acts of violence and a

Pages 311-329
Modeling and Aggression
Bandura conducted studies applying modeling principles on the problems of violence in the
media
Violence in the Mass Media and Imitative Behavior
Violence and aggression permeates the media (cartoons, news, music vid

Chapter 4: Reliability
History and Theory of Reliability
Spearmans Early Studies
Psychology owes the advanced development of reliability assessment to the early work of the British
psychologist Charles Spearman.
Ab

Chapter 1 Introduction
Historical Perspective
Early Antecedents
Most of the major developments in testing have occurred over the last century, many of them in the United
States
However, the origins of testing

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Human Prehistory: Pre-Civic Epochs Chapter 2
humanity has a long history but a short past
the history is the one written on tablets, papyruses by ancient populations covers 7
millennia
the non-written past is expressed by paintings and car

The Golden Age of Greece (p. 98-110)
Socrates
His life
o Born in Athens around 470 BC to a midwife mother and sculptor father
o Deeply influenced by a young woman philosopher named Aspasia
Dedicated to philosophy that he has devoted little thought to ord

PSYC 403 Reading Notes
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Pre-Socratesian Greek Philosophers
The Cosmologists (Physists)
They believe that there are basic elements (physis) from which the world and human body is
built.
Thales of Mileatus (ca. 640-546 B.C.)
He was an excellent math

PSYC 403 Reading Group
The Rise of European Universities in the Medieval Ages; Rationalism; German Philosophy
The Rise of European Universities in the Medieval Ages (52)
The Universities
early Middle ages
o breakdown in communication and commerce
o loss

Chapter 6 The Renaissance (Page 56 Page 61)
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Renaissance = The Rebirth: the transition from the Medieval to the modern period.
It witnessed an almost unprecedented growth and change of perspective (a kind of intellectual rebirth).
However, in some areas,

NOTES FOR READING GROUP PP 156-169, 174-177, 302-304
pp156-169
Treatment of Emotional Disorders
Franz Anton Mesmer- born in Germany
-Doctoral dissertation The Influence of the Planets on the Human Body
-theory of animal gravitation where celestial bodies

Pages 198-200: E. B. Ticheners Structural Psychology
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Tichener: an Englishman, brought German psych to America, turning British
associtionism into a psychological research program. Played an important role in
founding American psych. He had an

Psyc 403 Modern Psychology in Historical Perspective (page 177-198)
Wilhelm Wundt
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The formal beginning of modern experimental psychology are traced to the year
1879 when Wilhelm Wundt established a lab at University of Leipzig
His lab started as one sma

PSYC 403 Reading p. 62-68, 120-121, 260-270
Chapter 7: Scientific and Technological Revolutions
The Mechanization of the World Picture
Scientific revolution said to have begun in 1543 because of Copernicus Revolution of the
Heavenly Orbs (proposed that th

Pages 178-198
Chapter 10: Bio-Medical Modes: Ancient and Pre-scientific
Medecine
Wilhelm Wundt
The formal beginnings of modern experimental psychology are traced to the year 1879
when Wilhelm Wundt established a laboratory at the University of Leipzig.
Wu

Structuralism (p. 198-200)
E. Titchener
Who was he?
Englishman who brought German psychology to America (British associationism)
Role in the founding of American psychology
An apostle of Wundt in the New World
o However, Titchener was different in that